Earlier in the day, we were doing some field training with our older Brittanys on Chucker and Quail. Unfortunately, one of our “teenager” Brittanys (aka little Miss Journey) got a little too rough with the quail, leaving it severely injured. We decided before having to euthanize it, we would use it in a kick cage for puppy exposure to quail. We also had a Quail wing on a string and the bird bag which is full of nice wild bird scent. Here are the some pictures & videos:
Videos taken over last couple of days, some from our Puppy Cam: The puppies definitely enjoy playing each other (well…wrestling, tackling, biting each other’s noses and ears), along with any new fun toys that have showed up in the play area.
Yesterday’s round of bird exposure and first exposure to unfenced area outside of puppy pen. This time we put the kick cage with a live chucker out in our bigger, unfenced side yard and brought out two pups at a time. Our interest was to see their boldness/independence to explore as well as bird interest,…
We did the final evaluations on the pups today. The evaluation is really just a continuation from what we have already done. Rather than a chukar wing or a live chukar in a kick cage, I used a dead chukar I had in the freezer for training. Thawed him out for todays session. The objective…
Blue Boy: Brittany Country’s Scree Rayo (Scree) Scree is living with his new dad, Darrick, on a family farm in Eastern Washington and is already learning to be an awesome hunter (getting his first practice as soon as he got to his new home on wild pigeons and already demonstrating a great fetch!). Darrick says,…
Jazz x Jake litter due around March 19 or 20, 2023 On February 23, an ultra sound absolutely confirmed pregnancy with little puppy fetuses and heart beats visible. Our wonderful vet, Dr. Gentle, indicated pup development and size all looked as it should and, momma Jazz was also doing great. Next visit will be March…
Learning to lap up (or bathe in?) puppy formula. Pink and Teal girls with a little after lunch play time. Red girl and Orange boy planning an escape with Yellow boy waiting to see how that goes down. Blue Boy and his cute little butt heading to the sleep nest for a nap. But whoops……